WoRMS name details
Ephesia gracilis Rathke, 1843
155012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155012)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Ephesia Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 176, plate VII figs. 5-8 [details]
page(s): 176, plate VII figs. 5-8 [details]
Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Norway
type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Norway [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ephesia gracilis Rathke, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155012 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 176, plate VII figs. 5-8 [details]
page(s): 176, plate VII figs. 5-8 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. 1956. Marine polychaete worms from Labrador. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 105(3361): 531-584. [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]source of synonymy Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 79-81 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 79-81 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
